The only case of torture during Franco's dictatorship that could testify in Spain has been closed.

The judge took the statement of the complainant and the witness Rosa María García Alcón on 15 September 2023, an exceptional event as it was the first time that victims of Franco's regime had testified in court...

93% of migrants in Mexico report having been detained in inhumane conditions.

Yuriria Salvador and Josué Gómez, both from the Fray Matías de Córdova Human Rights Centre, located in Tapachula, Chiapas, presented the results of the report “Centros de detención migratoria como entornos torturantes” (Migration detention centres as torturing environments), in whose drafting members of the...

Two new lawsuits filed in Galicia for torture during Franco's regime

The complaints are added to the more than 100 already filed for crimes against humanity committed during Franco's dictatorship CEAQUA, Xosé María Brañas and Manuel Reboiras have filed a complaint in the Courts of Instruction of A Coruña, in the presence of...

Two years of the Law of Democratic Memory: slow and ineffective implementation and lack of justice for victims

Two years after the entry into force of the Law of Democratic Memory, impunity and the lack of decisive action to uncover the truth about the serious crimes committed during Franco's regime are the main causes of the...

The Madrid High Court hears the case of Ahmed and Hakima, recognised by the UN as victims of a housing rights violation.

The couple, who have suffered several rental evictions, filed a patrimonial claim against the Community of Madrid Pau Pérez Sales, clinical director of the Sira Centre, explained before the Chamber of Litigation the expert opinion carried out by the...

Detention centres as torturous environments

The concept of torturing environments allows us to name and understand the violence exercised in immigration detention centres in a broad context, and its effects on people YURIRIA SALVADOR | Advocacy Coordinator of the CDH Fray Matías...

Paula de la Fuente: “On board the rescue ship, a community is generated that is also recognised on land”.”

After disembarking a few days ago, the collaborator of the Sira Centre shared her experience as a doctor on a rescue ship in the Central Mediterranean Sea. She did so during the event “Psychosocial impacts of migration policies”, in which she...

We need to be more

Join us. Be one of the first 100 members of the Sira Centre. Let's be more, to do more. GABRIELA LÓPEZ NEYRA | Sira Centre Coordinator This is an important week. We are starting with great enthusiasm (and a bit of vertigo) our...

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